It’s “Cyber Monday”, and among other sales out there, Shapeways is having a 15% off sale. That means my Gearpunk dice are on sale, as are the World of Warcraft Druid signet rings. They are rejiggering the pricing around a bit as well, so the prices are going to be changing in my shop, too. No more of the nice progression of price points I planned out, no, it’s going to be a mess of weird numbers. That’s the bad news. The good news is that all the prices are going to be coming down a bit. I’m happy about that. Lower prices, 15% sale… it’s a good day to investigate Shapeways.

I now have the Resto and Cat form rings up for sale as well. Sorry they are late, but hey, sale day is a good day for them, right? Moonkin rings are in the pipeline, hopefully available in the next few days.

You’ve also earned some money from at least one fan, and maybe another. *waves at the good Cap’n* This is effectively a lifetime sub for all current content, almost a Guild Wars sort of purchase. I love that business model, and I really like Wizard 101.

Sincerely,

Tesh

(Scot Silverblade, Balance/Death Wizard, still enamored with Marleybone but now chasing elephant demons in MooShu)

So, until July 30th, you can get Fractal and/or Auditorium for $5 each. These are great games, well worth the cost. I’m stingy, so I’ve been waiting for a sale, but these have been at the top of my “pull the trigger and buy” list.

Really, just go play their demos (right on the web, no download) and see what they are. Auditorium especially really needs to be experienced, and Fractal is a rock-solid bit of fun hex-based puzzling. I was sold on the demos… but now that I’ve played the “full” game for each (at least, in breadth, if not depth), I’d recommend them even higher. The demos are good fun, but the full games are fantastic.

Disclosure: I have no material connection to these guys and receive no benefits from promoting these games. I just think they are great games, totally worth playing and buying. If nothing else, go check them out, and if you like ’em, spread the word! That’s part of how the indie game development world works; we can’t rely on publishers to make or break our games.

Oh, and Sleep is Death is on sale now, too. Hat tip to Nels Anderson for that one. It’s a wildly different game from Caster… but maybe that’s a good thing. If nothing else, it’s worth looking at to see what it does. (I’m still digging into it… think two player tabletop RPG with a graphical client… sorta.)